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“We’ve known for over a decade that people come to Reddit to talk about the products they love – take r/BuyItForLife for example, a community of over 1.5 million redditors who have been sharing recommendations and advice about their lifelong, must-have purchases since 2011. These updates will uplevel the search-and-discover experience for both brands and our users by tapping into our differentiated value as a hub for actionable conversation”

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[–] biff@lemmy.ca 28 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This could fall under the umbrella term of EETs: Enhanced Enshittification Techniques.

[–] laxe@lemmy.ml 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The funny part is that they claim that this will improve the user’s experience.

As if users in r/BuyItForLife are interested in ads for shitty products lol.

[–] dnzm@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It will improve the user experience.

In this case, the user is whoever is peddling their wares. The subreddits and its members are not the users, they're the ~~marks~~ targets.

[–] Atemu@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

The idea is to muddy the waters; allowing advertisers to buy ad space for their shit in the context of subreddits like that to seem more legitimate. Pretty disgusting IMO.